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Book SynopsisThis text systematically examines the film distribution - legal and illegal - in Greater China.Tracing networks of optical disc and online piracy, it tackles issues of policy, international politics, globalization and technology.Trade ReviewA deliciously concrete yet profoundly general account of how the media in Greater China sort out their paradoxes—as well as how they negotiate a globalizing and technological order that they had never known before. -- Chin-Chuan Lee, University of MinnesotaThe information presented in this book is very informative, fresh, and comprehensive, and the analysis provided by the author is important and thoughtful. . . . A significant contribution. -- Junhao Hong, Communication Professor of State University of New York at Buffalo and Associate in Research of Harvard UniversityThis book goes beyond being cutting edge; it begins to define an entire field of study—media distribution—that until now has been relegated to the margins or seen only as an area of interest to students of marketing or management. . . . I plan to use the book in my international communication courses. -- Anandam Kavoori, University of GeorgiaWang provides a thorough, scholarly investigation of distribution and piracy in the (very) contemporary filmmaking industry. The author's approach—involving in-depth interviews, field observations, and library and archival research—is exhaustive and precise. Recommended. * CHOICE *Wang's book is divided into two parts, offering what she calls 'contexts' (historical theoretical, politico-economic-technological), followed by detailed case studies on mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The book focuses on both legal and illegal film distribution. . . . This approach enables Wang to demonstrate the crucial relationships between global, national, regional, and local forces. For those interested in the political economy of the film industry in Greater China, this is a valuable pioneering work, offering a wealth of rich detail largely unavailable elsewhere. * The China Journal *Shujen Wang's extensive field research and thoughtful analysis unveils the mysteries of media piracy, showing how the fundamental logic of commercial film distribution is changing in our globalizing, hi-tech world. This fascinating study demonstrates why Greater China is at once the most promising and the most problematic market that Hollywood has ever confronted. -- Michael Curtin, Mellichamp Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara; author of Playing to the World's Biggest AudienceShujen Wang provides a valuable range of contexts, both theoretical and practical....The great merit of this essay lies in its meticulous attention to detailing the link between global production and local distribution under globalism. * Journal Of International Communication *Table of ContentsPart 1 List of Figures Part 2 List of Photographs Part 3 List of Tables Part 4 Acknowledgments Part 5 Introduction Part 6 I: Contexts Chapter 7 1. Global Film Distribution Revisited: Network, Technology, and Space Chapter 8 2. Re-Contextualizing Copyright: Technology, Transnational Trade Regimes, and the State Chapter 9 3. WTO and the Greater China Economic Circle: Local, Regional, and Global Dynamics Chapter 10 4. VCD Killed the VHS Star Part 11 II: Case Studies Chapter 12 5. Film Distribution in Mainland China Chapter 13 6. Film Piracy in Mainland China Chapter 14 7. Film Distribution in Taiwan Chapter 15 8. Profile: Wolf Chen Chapter 16 9. A Culture of Illegality? Piracy in Taiwan Chapter 17 10. The Hong Kong Connection: Distribution, Piracy, and Parallel Import Chapter 18 11. Framing Piracy Part 19 Appendix A Part 20 Appendix B Part 21 Appendix C Part 22 Bibliography Part 23 Index Part 24 About the Author

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Book SynopsisCelebrate more than 100 years of magical Disney storytelling.The ideal gift for Disney, animation, and movie fans! From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Wish, Mary Poppins to The Little Mermaid, Disneyland to Tokyo DisneySea, and fireworks to fan clubs, explore the captivating worlds and creations of Disney and Pixar.Now including more than 50 new pages and updated with ten more years of magic for Disney’s special 100th anniversary, The Disney Book: New Edition features groundbreaking and record-breaking creations—including Encanto, Moana, and Turning Red—and explores theme parks, experiences, memorabilia, and more. Marvel at beautiful art and artefacts from The Walt Disney Company’s vast historical collections, and discover live-action and animated movie-making, enchanting parks, and fascinating collectibles. Follow Disney's history using the timeline, and delve into t

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Book SynopsisAmong the 50 historic cinemas featured are the Finsbury Park Astoria, the Maida Vale Picture House, the Shepherds Bush Pavilion, the West Ealing Kinema, the Woolwich Granada and Kilburn''s Gaumont State. Illustrated with 100 images, this well-researched and informative volume will delight all those who have fond memories of visiting some of London''s long-since vanished cinemas, as well as those that still remain in some form or another.

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Book SynopsisIn Shooting 007, beloved cameraman and director of photography Alec Mills, a veteran of seven James Bond movies, tells the inside story of his twenty years of filming cinema’s most famous secret agent.

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Book SynopsisThe first ever biography of iconic British actor David Tomlinson – a journey through war, tragedy, fame and Hollywood

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Book SynopsisPeople celebrate the magical holiday of Halloween in a wide variety of ways, but most will, at some point, turn off the lights and allow a movie to take the excitement to the next level. Pumpkin Cinema recommends over 100 titles that are guaranteed to make your Halloween fun and frightening! Halloween only comes once a year, so you can''t afford to waste precious thrill time on a lousy movie! However, a great horror movie doesn''t necessarily translate into a great Halloween flick, and Pumpkin Cinema uses a simple set of guidelines to help you avoid the boo! blues: the films included here are fast paced, have essences of autumn (if they aren''t set on Halloween itself!), and have a trim run time (under two hours). Avoiding the mean-spirited and cruel movies more typical of horror offerings, Pumpkin Cinema also includes Halloween treats from multiple genres, in addition to horror: comedy, animation, science fiction, silent era, and foreign films, all ranging in popularity from blockbusters to the obscure. The films included are, above all, fun to watch and share with others! In addition to descriptive film reviews, you''ll also find plenty of quirky trivia, various Top 5 lists, and a special chapter devoted to the greatest Halloween television episodes of all time.Trade ReviewA Youtube trailer will whet your appetite for Pumpkin Cinema - link below!

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Book SynopsisA mashup of emojis and movie trivia that keeps film buffs, trivia geeks, and everyone who emojis guessing.Featuring 100 movie titles or plotlines, each described through a series of emojis that must be deciphered, Movie Emoji tests readers' movie and emoji IQ. Thinking Face and Hands in the Air!In Movie Emojis, Frying Pan with Egg with a Diamond Ring become a beloved film about a tiara-wearing free spirit set in New York City while Shushing Face and two Sheep can only be the one that pits an FBI agent and a psychopath against a serial killer. From classics to blockbusters, indie gems to fan-favorites, easy to challenging--guessing the titles behind the emojis is pure Face with Tears of Joy.Movie Emojis brings together the universal languages of emojis and movies to perfectly break Grimacing Face moments at parties, enliven Zzz car rides, and test anyone's movie and emoji Brain.

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Book SynopsisJingle all the way with the crew of Planet Express in this hilarious retelling of the Christmas classic.Join Fry, Leela, and Bender as they battle Robot Santa on Xmas Eve. This delightful book reimagines the traditional poem with the beloved characters of Groening’s award-winning Futurama series. Deck the halls along with the crew of Planet Express in this newly minted Christmas classic featuring new art and an original story inspired by the iconic holiday poem. In the vein of other pop culture holiday tales such as A Die Hard Christmas and Bob Ross’ Happy Little Night Before Christmas, this is Christmas with a thirty-first century twist. Start a new tradition with this fully authorized and fully outlandish poem of tidings and terror.

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Book SynopsisPassionate Views offers a new approach to our understanding of film and will be of interest to anyone fascinated by the emotional power of motion pictures and their relationship to the central concerns of our lives, as well as by the techniques filmmakers use to move an audience.Trade ReviewDue to the consistently high quality of the pieces, Passionate Views makes a significant contribution to film studies research. -- Mette Hjort Canadian Journal of Film StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Kinds of Films, Kinds of EmotionsChapter 1. Film, Emotion, and GenreChapter 2. Sentiment in Film Viewing Chapter 3. The Sublime in Cinema Chapter 4. The Emotional Basis of Film Comedy Part II: Film Technique, Film Narrative, And EmotionChapter 5. Local Emotions, Global Moods, and Film StructureChapter 6. Emotions, Cognitions, and Narrative Patterns in FilmChapter 7. Movie Music as Moving Music: Emotion, Cognition, and the Film Score Chapter 8. Time and TimingPart III: Desire, Identification, And EmpathyChapter 9. Narrative Desire Chapter 10. Identification and Emotion in Narrative Film Chapter 11. Gangsters, Cannibals, Aesthetes, or Apparently Perverse Allegiances Chapter 12. The Scene of Empathy and the Human Face on FilmNotesSelect BibliographyContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisShe concludes with a provocative analysis of Forrest Gump, identifying the popular film as a retelling of post-World War II Southern history.Trade ReviewA resourceful, imaginative, sure-handed analysis by an author who knows both how movies and television get made and how to get at what those products mean. -- Thomas Cripps Journal of Southern History This text would be an excellent place for readers who have very little background in film or media history to begin delving into the ongoing discussion of how much reality drives media and how much media drives reality. -- Dana L. Hettich Southern Historian The best book I have found that discusses popular cinema and the American South... Graham's is a groundbreaking study that locates both blacks and whites in post-World War II cultural history. Her scholarly monograph contributes significantly to historical and film studies... Graham's book is lively, aesthetically informed, and teeming with insightful observations about a variety of topics: white women in race-conscious films; the 'anarchic physicality' of the redneck; the centrality of the 'cracker' to our understanding of American racism; the southern delinquent as social activist; the corrupt southern lawman and the redemptive southern lawyer. -- Sharon Monteith Scope Provides a perfect critical lens through which to appreciate what lies behind all the representations of the South flashing across the screen... In this meticulously researched and accessibly written book, [Allison Graham] covers such issues as the eugenics movement and class politics, white women's sexuality, the star personae of Elvis and Andy Griffith, and the political power of Southern populists. Her methodology is part of what makes the book so readable: it's interdisciplinary but not jargon-laden, drawing on the most exciting recent academic studies in cinema, culture, class, history, sociology, whiteness, gender, sexuality, and politics. The close readings in the book are never so detailed that they become tedious, but even for readers unfamiliar with the primary sources, Graham's analysis is persuasive and fascinating to read. There is no way to adequately summarize all the ingenious bits of reading pleasure in this book. -- Julia Leyda Bright Lights Film Journal Provides detailed analysis of interactions among race, gender, and, crucially, class, often neglected in cultural studies. It draws upon an enormous range of evidence. Seemingly unlikely material such as 1950s films on teenage delinquency is convincingly woven into the analysis... Not least, the book is leavened with humor in a way that makes the argument more compelling... This book provides new insights, showing how varied and subtle is the encoding of major events and struggles. The argument is complex yet accessible, making it an invaluable teaching aid. It is a major contribution to scholarship on racism and the civil rights movement in America. -- John A. Silk Journal of American History Probing, provocative, lively... Graham's often original readings and entertaining renderings [of films and television shows]... chart the tangled route whereby race becomes subsumed by class and then rediscovered. She reaches widely in her literary, film, and television references, which she juxtaposes with civil rights events to suggest how the former 'framed' the latter but also how film and television fiction sometimes offered a competing narrative as to race and civil rights... Graham has written a book very much worth reading. It is at once entertaining and instructive, and it makes 'real' the reel South as no other book to date. -- Randall M. Miller American Historical Review In a series of interlocking essays, Graham deftly explores the ways Hollywood filmmakers and television producers tried to reformulate stock southern characters in light of rapidly changing social relations... A fascinating and compelling cultural history that should be of use to a wide array of scholars. -- Patrick D. Jones American Studies Perceptive... A sophisticated analysis of films produced during the civil rights era... Readers who wish to understand the ways popular media buttress conservative assessments of race in American life will do well to digest Graham's helpful volume. -- Andrew M. Manis Georgia Historical Quarterly She restores to our field of view media texts of real complexity that have been overlooked by previous analyses... An often poetic and crisply edited long essay. -- Kevin Jack Hagopian Journal of Communication 2005Table of ContentsContents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Remapping DogpatchChapter 1 "The Purest of God's Creatures": White Women, Blood Pollution, and Southern Sexuality Chapter 2 Sentimental Educations: Romance, Race, and White Redemption Chapter 3 Natural Acts: Hillbillies, Delinquents, and the Disappearing Psyche Chapter 4 Reeducating the Southerner: Elvis, Rednecks, and Hollywood's "White Negro" Chapter 5 Civil Rights Films and the New Red Menace: The Legacy of the 1960sNotes Essay on Sources Index

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Book SynopsisTyler Perry is the most successful African-American filmmaker of his generation, garnering both accolades and controversies. In Tyler Perryâs America, Shayne Lee examines eleven of Perryâs highest-grossing films to explore key themes of race, gender, class, and religion, and what Perryâs films reveal about contemporary African-American life.Trade ReviewLee is a sociologist, and his approach to the sociology—or is it economics?—in Tyler Perry's films is 100 percent admirable: he writes that he 'watched each movie no less than ten times, carefully coding and cataloguing themes, plots, and character development regarding their relation to pertinent socio-cultural themes.' This is the first book-length study of Perry, and Lee is brilliant at perceiving clearly, not sentimentally, the role of religion. . . .The author never perceives movies as movies; he could be talking about novels. He deals with the meaning of ten films, looking at 'the dream and the nightmare' of blacks. Dreams are strength, education, devotion, love, freedom, blessings. Nightmares are poverty, hunger, drugs, white domination, suffering, inequality, prison, hatred, injustice, rape, and best of all, madness (especially in the Madea films). The book is lovingly informative, and Lee knows the context of the films (be it reality, novels, or other films). Written in clear prose, this is a surprisingly important book, especially for those interested in the sociology of film. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers. * CHOICE *Lee's book clearly demonstrates the necessity of scholarly treatments of Perry's oeuvre. Quite simply, to ignore Perry is to ignore a central figure not just in Black film but American independent film. There is still much work to be done on Perry and his media empire, including his use of genre and seriality, but Lee's book is a welcome contribution to the evolving Tyler Perry discourse. * Journal of Popular Film and Television *Shayne Lee’s Tyler Perry’s America, the first book-length study of Perry’s movies, sheds the most positive light on the artist and his work.... Lee’s study systematically covers all of Perry’s work—from his debut film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005), up to and including Good Deeds (2012)—a total of eleven productions.... The author craftily links a large number of classic and contemporary filmmakers and films, some focused on African American culture and some not, to Perry and his collection. So while Humphrey Bogart’s character in the film Key Largo (1948) appears at the beginning of chapter 2, the book’s appendix and chapter 5 are more general and thus noteworthy. The former is about the social import of black film and new promising directions it should take; sociologists will be especially attracted to it. The latter, treating five functions of art that are implicit in Perry’s work, will appeal to readers interested in a larger American pragmatist tradition of artistic production. * American Quarterly *It is impossible to understand modern America without understanding the phenomenon that is Tyler Perry. In this book, Shayne Lee does a masterful job bringing us into the world of Tyler Perry films and helping us understand what they tell us about ourselves. A riveting read; be prepared to be surprised. -- Michael Emerson, Rice University; author of Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in AmericaIn Tyler Perry's America: Inside His Films, sociologist Shayne Lee offers an unmatched and unrivaled scholarly consideration of the sociocultural relevance of Perry's oeuvre for a post–civil rights, post-soul era. With a keen eye towards class, religion, and race, among a host of other domains, and with a new approach to evaluation at hand, Lee ups the analytical ante by transgressing the all-too-easy conflict management and moral maintenance analyses that have shaped previous treatments of this and other subjects. Lee offers here a compelling, rigorous sociological approach to his data that sets a new standard of engagement that future treatments will have to, no doubt, consider. -- Monica R. Miller, Lehigh University; author of Religion and Hip HopTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Dream and the Nightmare: Perry’s Socioeconomic Crossroads 2. Wanting More: Perry’s Populist Critique 3. Redemptive Madness: Perry’s Existential Superwomen 4. Relational Religion: Perry’s Folk-Modern Spirituality 5. Pragmatist Cinema: Perry’s Five Functions of Art Appendix Filmography References Acknowledgments About the Author

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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks.   Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring outside the lines of the conventional notion of beauty. In Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty, she shares the wisdom she’s accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. This is a book only Diane Keaton could write—a smart and funny chronicle of the ups and downs of living and working in a world obsessed with beauty.   In her one-of-a-kind voice, Keaton offers up a message of empowerment for anyone who’s ever dreamed of kicking back against the “should”s and “supposed to”s that undermine our pursuit of beauty in all its forms. From a mor

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Book SynopsisLike the majority of Dixon's films, The Fall of a Nation has been lost, but had it survived, it might well have taken its place alongside The Birth of a Nation as a masterwork of silent film.

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Book SynopsisBetween 1907 and 1980, many state and local governments empowered motion picture censor boards with the legal authority to keep any movie they considered obscene, indecent, or harmful from being shown.

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Book SynopsisThrough firsthand accounts from Jarrico himself and interviews with those closest to him, as well as congressional records and statements from those on both sides of the Red Scare, Ceplair provides an intimate view of Paul Jarrico's life, set in historical and cultural context.Table of ContentsThe Folktale and Its Contributions The Beginnings of Brief Narrative in Spain Gonzalo de Berceo The Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X el Sabio

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Book SynopsisA study of how digital technology has altered contemporary filmmaking, including audience habits. Chronicle of Higher Education

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Book SynopsisA radically different portrait of the man who ran Columbia Pictures.

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Book SynopsisExplores the many faces of Universal Pictures throughout its history.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Woman's Director and Women's Friendships Collaboration and Chastisement Tone, Genre, and the Actor's Director Masculinity and the Man Who Drinks Edelkayt The Theatricality of Gender and Drag Performance Queer Musical Excess Race, Nation, and Gendered Noir Anxiety Ethnic Assimilation and 1950s Hollywood Conclusion

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Book SynopsisPresents essays by prominent scholars that examine the impact of representing war in film and the influence that cinematic images of battle have on human consciousness, belief, and action. The contributors explore a variety of topics, including the aesthetics of war, the effect war has on personal identity, and ethical problems presented by war.Trade ReviewLaRocca offers a synoptic anthology of essays that brings to our attention how war films can provoke contemplation and meditation because of the ways that such films inevitably focus on the mortality and vulnerability of human beings. The essays, written by an outstanding array of international scholars, work out various ways in which the genre can compel our thinking to become philosophical. This collection of essays constitute a significant contribution to not only the philosophy of the war film, but also to philosophy of film itself."" - Daniel Flory, Montana State University""War is a pervasive condition, a constitutive part of human experience. The war film genre is extensive and multiform. It is no surprise, then, that war films are provocations to philosophical thought. This important and timely edited collection has an extensive introduction that seeks answers to vital questions: What sort of a phenomenon is a war film? What do we think we mean when we speak of a war film? What are war films for? Can war as such be represented by film? The essays that follow illuminate myriad ethical, aesthetic, epistemological and ontological issues as they related to a broad range of representations of war."" - Guy Westwell, Film Studies, Queen Mary University of London""The philosophical reflections compiled in this book look at war films from a variety of perspectives. I commend editor David LaRocca for bringing together scholars who each, in different ways, engage the interdisciplinary mission of the inquiry into how war is depicted on screen. What is the philosophy of film, and then, of war films specifically? Do war films harbor a philosophy - of death, violence, love… - or does philosophy enrich the understanding of the cinematic of war? The Philosophy of War Films explores these questions and many more, connecting the reality of war with the art of filmmaking."" - Mieke Bal, University of Amsterdam""This volume offers rich and deeply thought-out consideration of the representation of war on film and of the ways filmic and now digital representation is deeply entangled with how we experience and think about war (up close or at a distance) in actual life. The book reaches back in film history but is especially provocative on war and its representation in the last decade - the situation we are living with now. The essays are fresh and surprising, showing the whole subject of war and film to be far more interesting, complex, and disturbing than in the standard thinking about war genre films that we are used to."" - Charles Warren, Boston University

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Book SynopsisBrings together essays from an international roster of scholars to provide new critical perspectives on Hollywood's relationships between historical films, Southern history, identity, and the portrayal of Jim Crow-era segregation. The collection analyzes films through the lens of religion, politics, race, sex, and class.

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Book SynopsisThe first biography of Harry Dean Stanton.

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Book SynopsisHighlights the director's theories of suspense as well as his magician-like touch when negotiating with code officials.Table of ContentsOrigin of the Code Censors at Work The British Board of Film Censors The British Gaumont Thrillers Hitchcock and Selznick Rebecca (1940) Foreign Correspondent (1940) Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) Suspicion (1941) Saboteur (1942) Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Lifeboat (1944) Spellbound (1945) Notorious (1946) The Paradine Case (1947) Hitchcock and Transatlantic Rope (1948) Under Capricorn (1949) Hitchcock and Warner Bros. Stage Fright (1950) Strangers on a Train (1951) I Confess (1953) Dial M for Murder (1954) Hitchcock in Ascendance Rear Window (1954) To Catch a Thief (1955) The Trouble with Harry (1955) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) The Wrong Man (1956) Vertigo (1958) North by Northwest (1959) Psycho (1960) The Birds (1963) Marnie (1964) Torn Curtain (1966) Television Censorship Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Decline of the Code The Rise of the Rating System Topaz (1969) Frenzy (1972) Family Plot (1976) Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA novel and balanced assessment of one of the greatest stars of the silver screen.

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Book SynopsisA complete filmography and numerous rare photographs complete this first-ever biography of Britain's most glamorous comic star.Table of ContentsForeword Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Filmography Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive examination of the company responsible for popularising the American movie.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Conclusion

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Book SynopsisLatin American film star Maria Montez's legacy is gloriously remembered in this skilful and thorough biography.

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Book SynopsisA historically rigorous and thorough account of the most influential producer of American motion pictures during the silent era.

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Book SynopsisDraws on numerous sources to finally tell the full story of Hal Wallis’s illustrious production career

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Book SynopsisMarlene Dietrich never threw away anything. She kept her good-luck rag doll (it appeared with her in The Blue Angel and followed her to dressing tables on every movie set). She kept the letters she received from her lovers and her husband of fifty-three years. She kept every article of clothing made for her by the great French couturiers and the legendary Hollywood costume designers. She kept everything. After Dietrich''s death, all of the articles were collected 25,000 objects and 18,000 images. Here, her treasures are brought together in 289 photographs from her own collection, with extended captions by her daughter, Maria Riva. We see Dietrich across the years and roles of her life: a child, a young actress in Berlin, a newlywed, a devoted American, a mother, and of course, a glamorous Hollywood legend. An intimate look into the life of an unforgettable star, Marlene Dietrich: Photographs and Memories gifts fans with insights from Marlene herself.

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Book SynopsisDozens of others were graylisted, as the result of rumors.The Hollywood Motion Picture Blacklist: Seventy-Five Years Later offers new insights on the origins of the blacklist, the characteristics of those blacklisted, and the probability of future proscriptions of the blacklist type.Table of ContentsIntroduction Looking Back Jewish Anti-Communism in Hollywood and the Motion-Picture Blacklist A Debate over the Politics and Morality of Cooperative and Uncooperative Witnesses Who Testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1947-1953 Dashielle Hammett: The White-Haired Communist Ghost of Hollywood Isobel Lennart and the Dynamics of Informing in Hollywood Ring Lardner, Jr. and the Hollywood Blacklist Shedding Light on Darkness at High Noon Looking Ahead Annotated Bibliography Annotated Films and Plays Blacklist Articles and Reviews by Larry Ceplair Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisReveals the story of Ernest Lehman’s life beyond his legendary work in Hollywood.Table of ContentsGo To the Head of the Class (1915-1937) On Broadway (1938-1952) "Get This City College Writer Out of Here!" (1952-1954) Tahiti Therapy (1954-1957) In A Northwesterly Direction (1957-1959) The Crowd at Sardi's (1959-1961) Not Too Sweet, Not Too Sour (1961-1965) Fun and Games With Mike and Ernie (1964-1966) In Which the Bottom Falls Out (1966-1972) Farewell Performance (1972-1977) The Pot of Gold (1977-1982) An Uncertain Trumpet (1983-1985) Indian Summer (1985-1994) See You Again, But Don't Hurry (1994-2005) Appendix Notes

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction Till the First Star Shook in the Air An Old Sweetheart of Mine Teach Me, and set My Feet on the Way The River of Stars is Rolling No One has Ever Known Her Alive Once in a Lifetime At Once They Circled Her Round Reward Unlimited Gold Digging Seeds of Freedom One Way Passage The World Changes We Fight it Round by Round Ah Wilderness With Eyes Like Stars, to the Deep

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